NEW: China's military has said it 'expelled' a U.S. navy vessel from the South China Sea this week.
, following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat it said had been rammed by a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel near the Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea. China denied the claims and said the Vietnamese boat had illegally entered the area to fish and refused to leave.
Earlier this month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told his Southeast Asian counterparts that China was taking advantage of the world’s preoccupation with the"Beijing has moved to take advantage of the distraction, from China’s new unilateral announcement of administrative districts over disputed islands ...
Pompeo also accused China of deploying militarized ships to intimidate other claimant countries from developing offshore gas and oil projects in the region.it had partnered with the Australian navy for operations in the South China Sea, which began April 13. "To bring this much combat capability together here in the South China Sea truly signals to our allies and partners in the region that we are deeply committed to a free and open Indo-Pacific," said Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, commander of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, in a statement.is the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet and routinely conducts operations in the Indo-Pacific area.
China has maintained that it has historical sovereign rights in the South China Sea, which neighboring countries have disputed. In this latest interaction, China said the U.S. was not acting"in line" with the wishes of other countries in the region, which want to"maintain peace and stability in that area.
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